AuthorTopic: 3 voice tuning (Read 637 times)

What are the options for tuning a 3 voice? Apart from the amount of offset etc, are there other options, like bandoneon tuning?The reason I ask is that I have just acquired my first 3 voice box, a 1600 De Luxe Pre Corso, which is very much in need of a retune.

The Corsos I've see have all been MMM not LMM so bandoneon wouldn't be an option, if it were LMM you'd need a stop to take out the offset or tune both M sets to TDC. MMM is a good oportunity to try your hand at Dedic/Vienese tuning.I've never see a 1600 deluxe so perhaps this one does have a low reed set, that will be good fun!

Bandoneon tuning only becomes available if you have the right sets of reeds: you need to have two sets of flute reeds and one set of bassoon reeds, sometimes described as LMM (i.e. one low and two medium sets) and you need to be able to switch out one set of the flute reeds, so that you are left with one set of bassoon reeds and one set of flute reeds (LM). If the reed sets are MMM, then bandoneon tuning isn't an option. Beyond that, I'll leave others more knowledgeable than I to explain the tuning options.